Britain’s New Instagram Rules Could Make Facebook Money

referring to Facebook executives reportedly think that the New York Times' coverage of their company has turned unfairly negative. Sentiment in the Times' coverage of Facebook has been, on average, almost exclusively negative since the 2016 elections, according to new data analyzed by researcher Joe Hovde, a full-time data analyst at a retail tech company. That's a turnaround from the paper's Facebook coverage in the four years leading up to Donald Trump's election, and it has continued into this year. Of course, there are many well-documented reasons for the Times, and other publications covering Facebook, to write more critically about the world's largest social network. After the 2016 Elections, they become much more of a political story, so it's inevitable that coverage might turn.

Britain's New Instagram Rules Could Make Facebook Money

Brands spend billions of dollars for social media influencers to promote their products on Instagram. Unfortunately Facebook Inc., the photo-sharing platform's parent, doesn't see much of that money. Under pressure from Britain's Competition and Markets Authority, 16 British celebrities, including Rita Ora and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, have pledged to clearly label sponsored posts as advertisements. This could ultimately prove a boon to the social media giant. As user engagement slackens, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is under more pressure to boost average revenue per user.

Worried Your Facebook Account Has Been Cloned? Here's What to Know About This New Hoax

referring to The message says that the sender has received a duplicate friend request from the recipient. That's where a malicious user copies images and information from a person's Facebook account in order to create a duplicate "clone" account, then sends out friend requests to the victim's friends. The duplicate user may message these friends in an attempt to learn personal information about the cloned user or to spread scam messages. There appears to be no reason at this time to forward a message telling friends that their account may have been cloned without having actually received a duplicate friend request. If you are worried you might be the victim of Facebook cloning, try searching for other versions of your account and report duplicate profiles to Facebook.

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